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Table 3 Participants characteristics of health-risk behaviors trajectory groups

From: The association of chronotype, sleep duration and trajectories of health-risk behaviors among college students: a cohort study

Characteristic

N

Health-risk behaviors trajectory groups

χ2

value

Healthy

group

(n = 636)

Decreasing

group

(n = 107)

Increasing

group

(n = 222)

Unhealthy group

(n = 77)

Gender

     

101.22b

Male

397(38.1)

189(47.6)

65(16.4)

81(20.4)

62(15.6)

 

Female

645(61.9)

447(69.3)

42(6.5)

141(21.9)

15(2.3)

 

Living place

     

2.36

Rural

583(56.0)

351(60.2)

62(10.6)

121(20.8)

49(8.4)

 

Urban

459(44.0)

285(62.1)

45(9.8)

101(22.0)

28(6.1)

 

Any siblings

     

2.02

Yes

242(23.2)

141(58.2)

29(12.0)

51(21.1)

21(8.7)

 

No

800(76.8)

495(61.9)

78(9.8)

171(21.3)

56(7.0)

 

Self-reported academic performance

     

26.60b

Low

220(21.1)

115(52.3)

34(15.5)

48(21.8)

23(10.4)

 

Medium

644(61.8)

389(60.4)

64(9.9)

143(22.2)

48(7.5)

 

high

178(17.1)

132(74.2)

9(5.0)

31(17.4)

6(3.4)

 

Self-reported family economy

     

12.68a

Low

254(24.4)

149(58.7)

29(11.4)

50(19.7)

26(10.2)

 

Medium

736(70.6)

451(61.3)

77(10.5)

163(22.1)

45(6.1)

 

high

52(5.0)

36(69.2)

1(1.9)

9(17.3)

6(11.6)

 

Father’s education level

     

13.74a

Primary school and below

239(22.9)

131(54.8)

25(10.5)

55(23.0)

28(11.7)

 

Middle school

500(48.0)

311(62.2)

57(11.4)

106(21.2)

26(5.2)

 

Senior high school and above

303(29.1)

194(64.0)

25(8.3)

61(20.1)

23(7.6)

 

Mother’s education level

     

8.49

Primary school and below

457(43.9)

265(58.0)

47(10.3)

112(24.5)

33(7.2)

 

Middle school

366(35.1)

231(63.1)

34(9.3)

76(20.8)

25(6.8)

 

Senior high school and above

219(21.0)

140(63.9)

26(11.9)

34(15.5)

19(8.7)

 

Chronotype

     

32.89b

M-type

195(18.7)

121(62.1)

27(13.8)

35(17.9)

12(6.2)

 

N-type

742(71.2)

475(64.0)

60(8.1)

154(20.8)

53(7.1)

 

E-type

105(10.1)

40(38.1)

20(19.1)

33(31.4)

12(11.4)

 

Sleep duration

     

54.99b

Short sleep

370(35.5)

211(57.0)

36(9.7)

94(25.5)

29(7.8)

 

Normal sleep

596(57.2)

391(65.6)

55(9.2)

120(20.1)

30(5.1)

 

Long sleep

76(7.3)

34(44.7)

16(21.1)

8(10.5)

18(23.7)

 
  1. M-type is the morning type, N-type is neutral type, E-type is evening type
  2. aP-value < 0.05.bP-value < 0.001.